Top Walnut Creek, CA Drug Possession Lawyers Near You
2950 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
649 Main St, Suite 103, Box 207, Martinez, CA 94553
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
877 Bryant St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94103
3661 Grand Avenue, Suite 205, Oakland, CA 94610
3223 Webster St, San Francisco, CA 94123
100 Pine St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111
2831 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
739 Calmar Avenue, 11th FL, Oakland, CA 94610
150 California St, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
433 Town Center, Suite 715, Corte Madera, CA 94925
1 Market St, Steuart Tower, Suite 1070, San Francisco, CA 94105
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94901-3246
Pier 9, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111
1966 Tice Valley Blvd, Suite 189, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
1305 Franklin St, Suite 411, Oakland, CA 94612
2672 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
101 California Street, Suite 4100, San Francisco, CA 94111
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D, Orinda, CA 94563
44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
96 Jessie St, San Francisco, CA 94105
333 Bradford St, Suite 190, Redwood City, CA 94063
525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105
260 California Street, Suite 1002, San Francisco, CA 94111
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Drug Possession
Drug possession is the illegal possession of a controlled substance. Essentially, to be convicted of a drug possession charge, you knowingly must have a controlled substance in your possession or within your proximity, like storing it in your vehicle. Drug possession can also include having a device used for the consumption of a controlled substance. This is a criminal offense under both California state law as well as federal law.
Types of Drug Possession Charges
Sometimes drug possession is referred to as actual possession or “constructive” possession, meaning that an individual knowingly has access to and control of a controlled substance but it is not on the person. Some common ways for constructive possession occur is when a person knowingly stores an illegal controlled substance in their car or at their home. Possessing a smaller quantity of a controlled substance for personal use is commonly known as “simple possession.“
What Is A Controlled Substance?
Federal law as well as state law determines the severity of drug possession charges based on the type of drug and divides them into different “schedules.” Each schedule is based on the potential for dependency and abuse. This sliding scale of schedules starts with Schedule V drugs, having the lowest risk, and increases in severity up to Schedule I, posing the most severe risk.
- Schedule I: Heroin, ecstasy, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana, peyote
- Schedule II: Methamphetamine, cocaine, morphine, methadone, phencyclidine (PCP), fentanyl
- Schedule III: Anabolic steroids, ketamine, barbiturates, testosterone, Tylenol with codeine
- Schedule IV: Valium, Xanax, Tramadol
- Schedule V: Other unlawfully obtained prescription drugs and cough medicines like Robitussin with codeine